People consider it some sort of magnificent achievement that everyone has to go. That's why I'm careful about saying just treat it like any other service, because apparently people think literacy is what makes first world countries. Of course, the fact that a lot of students are functionally illiterate does not support their hypothesis.

I also think that there would be even more kids running wild if they didn't have to go to school. I don't know what you do with them. I guess you can pass a law that they're not allowed out and then arrest their parents. In the COVID era, the kids have been out, so I guess your reaction depends on how bad you think that's been.